How Cloud Implementation Is

Different With Oracle Cloud Services

Michael Armitage
Head Of Applications Consulting
Oracle
New Market Expectations of a Cloud Provider
SIMPLE TO USE & CONSUME
LOW RISK GO-LIVE
TRANSPARENT FAST
PRICING
CLOUD
START SMALL
IMMEDIATE VALUE
80% USE CASE
KNOW MY BUSINESSPOV
APPS & PARTNERS INTEGRATED
BEST PRACTICES
Application adoption needs to be approached differently
On Premise = Requirements driven approach Cloud = Solution driven approach

Large Onsite Average time to Small project teams with

Project Team value 12-18 Re-usable pre-
part time Business Process
months configured build and
consultants and
accelerator tools.
Offshore/Onshore mix
Significant effort to
design and Requirements
document processes driven / waterfall Adopt Modern Incremental
Best Practice approach to
processes adoption
Standard
Processes
Custom build Designed for
with extensive customer specific Oracle Cloud
documentation legacy business
processes
No testing but a (short) Rapid time to
confirmation of what Value. Average
Big Bang Approach Full cycles of has been configured time to value 12-
to training & User application and 18 weeks.
Adoption performance
testing
Oracle True Cloud Method
Specifically addressing the expectations of a cloud provider
Oracle True Cloud Method guides customers to deliver
quick ROI and high rates of adoption with Modern Best
Practice solutions refined to provide customer business
value.
Oracle Cloud Solutions start with
Modern Best Practice Processes

With Modern Best Practice,

you have Freedom from Choice
so that you can better use our
regular updates to Cloud
functionality to improve your
business outcomes.

Oracle Modern Best Practice

provides standard, flexible Oracle reviews Modern Best
ways of executing tasks to Practice with you early in the
achieve consistently superior implementation, identifying key
performance. decision points and the potential
business impacts, so that you
can take informed decisions.
Oracle Cloud Solutions are enriched with:
Modern Best Practice Solutions

Oracle Consulting Modern Best Practice Solutions provides additional or pre-configured functionality
to the Oracle standard Best Practice Processes

Organisation
Matrix
Dept

Dept Busi-
ness
Dept Unit
Dept

Reports Preconfigured Integrations Concepts

processes or organisational
functionality structures, approvals,
chart of accounts
Cloud Accelerators & Templates
Solution Sets with Accelerator Assets

Business Flows Functional

Walkthroughs Overviews

Configuration
Validation Scripts
Workbooks
Understanding the solution from day 1
Deciding on adopting new business processes - on an informed basis

Can I see the Best

Practice Process of
Customers want and need to the system?
understand the processes that
are implemented and the
impact of the decisions that
are taken from day 1
In accelerated
? What is the impact of
my decisions on the
new business
process?

implementations there is
Id like to see what
limited time for detailled Im getting, not only
analysis of requirements what the options are
Oracle True Cloud Method is based on Visualization
Informed Decision Making
Engage Focus Refine Enable Operate

Plan Design Configure & Build Transition Production

Visualisation
True Cloud Method

Traditional
Implementation
Customer Decision Methodology
Knowledge
Making
Zone

Time
Driving Business Value
Obtaining maximum business value from the Cloud solution

Is this administrative
process good
enough?

Not all processes add the

same value to the business
Customers want and need to
focus the effort on optimising
the processes that drive value
? What value would it
bring me to optimise
this process further?

for the business I have received a

number of requests
for process change
but we dont have
time to fulfill all.
Which do I fulfill?
 Oracle True Cloud Method drives Business Value
Right Solution Right Effort

Solution Driven

Identify differentiating
Differentiating and value adding processes and value adding
processes
Business Benefit

Focus the majority of

Standard / backend processes effort on valuable
processes. Innovate only
when and where there
you achieve true
differentiation.
Requirements Driven
 The Challenges of Cloud Adoption
Adopting Best Practices with a Cloud-specific adoption approach, not generic Change
Management
Business sponsorship
Creating business value means
making business decisions and
buy-in to the Modern Best
Practice approach
Efficient Cloud Operating Model
Operating a Cloud Solution
efficiently during and after
implementation requires a new
Cloud operating model
Mobilisation Readiness
Ready for Transition
Transition Planning Adopting Best Practices is
different from adopting a
custom solution. Acceptance of
Best Practices and non-
differentiating processes is key
Business Impact Insufficient focus on process
Assessment & Actions
optimization
Communications &
Stakeholder Engagement Understand and act on the
business process impacts
e.g.. change in roles
Oracle True Cloud Method drives Cloud Adoption
Achieve adoption and ensure business outcomes with Cloud Adoption

Understand the Change

Vision, objectives, benefits, sponsorship,
change readiness

Engage
Monitor Adoption Assess the Impact
Monitor performance, reward compliance, Business impact assessment,
identify and recommend interventions stakeholder analysis
Oracle

Live-operate
Cloud
Adoption Prepare the Organisation
and define approach
Services Cloud Adoption Strategy:
Embed the Change communication, training and user
Post go-live support, hyper-care, refresher support strategy
and new hire training
Enable
Enable the Change
Stakeholder management, communications, training
delivery, transition management
Four principles of Oracle True Cloud Method

Oracle True Cloud Method:

Specifically designed for the Cloud

Solution Driven: Based on Best

Practices, not requirements
Early Visualization of the solution
Focus of effort on Value creating
and differentiating processes
Embedded Cloud Adoption